P5 Understand Safeguarding of children and young people
Bibliography
Tina Tilmouth and Jan Quallington. Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People 's Services. Hachette UK, 2012.
P5: Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
1.1 Explain the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people.
Prior’s Court are a provider that carries out a regulated service, we are registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Office for Standards in Education, Children 's Services and Skills (OFSTED). We have to take into account the CQC/OFSTED Essential standards quality and safety. The CQC and OFSTED will continuously monitor our service to ensure that we are meeting the essential standards. If they have any concerns they will act quickly, using their enforcement powers to bring about improvements or intervene if necessary.
In the past safeguarding practices was mostly commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen, but due to key aspects of legislation being extended to include similar standards of protection to vulnerable adults. There are a number of legislations regulations and professional guidance for safe working with children and young people below are some of them:
The Children Act (1989)
The Protection of Children Act (1999)
The Data Protection Act (1998)
The Children Act (Every Child Matters) (2004)
The Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (DH 2007) this covers young people 16 and over,
The Mental Health Act Code of Practice (DH 2008)
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2019
The Human Rights Act (1998)
Working Together To Safeguard Children (revised HMG 2006)
Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health needs Mansell report: revised edition (DH 2007) Page 3 of 10
Information Sharing: Guidance for Practitioners and Managers (DCSF 2008) • Independent Safeguarding Authority
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Tina Tilmouth and Jan Quallington. Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People 's Services. Hachette UK, 2012.
P5: Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector)
1.1 Explain the policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children and young people.
Prior’s Court are a provider that carries out a regulated service, we are registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Office for Standards in Education, Children 's Services and Skills (OFSTED). We have to take into account the CQC/OFSTED Essential standards quality and safety. The CQC and OFSTED will continuously monitor our service to ensure that we are meeting the essential standards. If they have any concerns they will act quickly, using their enforcement powers to bring about improvements or intervene if necessary.
In the past safeguarding practices was mostly commonly applied to children and young people under the age of eighteen, but due to key aspects of legislation being extended to include similar standards of protection to vulnerable adults. There are a number of legislations regulations and professional guidance for safe working with children and young people below are some of them:
The Children Act (1989)
The Protection of Children Act (1999)
The Data Protection Act (1998)
The Children Act (Every Child Matters) (2004)
The Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (DH 2007) this covers young people 16 and over,
The Mental Health Act Code of Practice (DH 2008)
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2019
The Human Rights Act (1998)
Working Together To Safeguard Children (revised HMG 2006)
Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health needs Mansell report: revised edition (DH 2007) Page 3 of 10
Information Sharing: Guidance for Practitioners and Managers (DCSF 2008) • Independent Safeguarding Authority
No
Bibliography: Tina Tilmouth and Jan Quallington. Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People 's Services. Hachette UK, 2012. The Protection of Children Act (1999) The Data Protection Act (1998) The Children Act (Every Child Matters) (2004) The Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice (DH 2007) this covers young people 16 and over, The Mental Health Act Code of Practice (DH 2008) The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2019 The Human Rights Act (1998) Working Together To Safeguard Children (revised HMG 2006) No Secrets (DH and Home Office 2000) The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006